It is always to be regretted that any author of a column which by appearances represents an attempt at conveying informed opinion (Danny Gittings, Inside Track, Sunday Morning Post, December 7) should resort to picking and choosing among fact and law to promote a partisan viewpoint.

EXPATRIATE civil servants have begun legal action against the Government over the localisation policy, prompting a hasty plea from the administration to stay cool.

The Association of Expatriate Civil Servants yesterday sent out a memorandum calling on its members to contribute to a fund to finance court action against the Government for discrimination in their employment.

THE Government's localisation policy would be defended in court following the threat by the Association of Expatriate Civil Servants (AECS) to sue over the Bill of Rights, said Acting Secretary for the Civil Service Stuart Harbinson yesterday.